title: "Inconvenient truths" in the pursuit of scientific knowledge and public health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Relman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D001906:Botulism / Q000382:microbiology*; D003014:Clostridium botulinum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D001905:Botulinum Toxins
keywords: Clostridium botulinum; botulinum toxin; dual use research of concern; national security; risky science